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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-03
KnaopEAN EIxANcIAL MARKErs

LONDON SEPT 2-l2so rmConsels loi ss for money
and 0 for The account Atlantic and Great western nIst
10y Pacisc s6ss: Erie Sl7s DO second eshsss
Conmon s6t; NswYork Central. il2si PenpsylysBis
S7z Reading So Mexican Central, is; Canada Northwest
Land Company. ga; Canadian Pacific s6; Erie 80 iii
nois Central l24b MeIcsn Ordinary. So ST. Paul common
DC New-York Central ll2A; Reading 29s; Mexican Gen.
trail l6b Bar silver quoted 46d per ounce adj
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-03
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90 700 bales First price. ind Gated decline Of point
and advance OF point distant months. sharp
advance OF points set in after the opening which
however represented
advance the day September and change
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-03

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-03

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-03

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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-07-27
The oil City Tragedy.

on CRY. July 20.-There are now four
victims of John McNerneys drunken rage
last night. The list is: Mrs. McNerney,
whose head was battered to jelly, presuma-
bly, with the stock of her husbands gun
John McNerney. Jr., who went 10 his moth
er's assistance and was shot by his father
Officer James, who started to arrest McNer-
ney and was shot, and McNerney himself,
who was shot by another officer before he
would submit 10 arrest
Mrs. McNerney was quite dead when
found, but the other three lived until this
morning. The tragedy is the most horrible
that has ever occurred in this section of the
State. Great crowds of people gathered to-
day about the little frame house where the
McNerney's lived and discussed the terrible
deed. McNerney has always been a quarrel
some, brutal man when intoxicated and
has frequently beaten his wife,
There was no witness TO the beginning of
tragedy, save the son, and he is now dead.
Il is the generally accepted theory, however,
that MeNerney came home drunk and
troublesome, that he quarreled with his wife
and then beat her brains with the gun stock
II is thought that the son endeayered to pro-
iect his mother, and was then shot by the
iniuriated man. Officer James bravely rush
ed into the house only to receive the other
charge from the gun and then McNerney re-
ceived his death wound from another police
mans pistol.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-07-27
Fierce storm At Pittsburg.

PTTrsBURs, July 22-The pTotraeied hot
spell was broken tonight by the heaviest
storm known here since the great Butchers
Run disaster. thirteen year. ago, when near
~ -, people were drowned. Fortunately
to-nighi's storm was not attended by any
aiialities as far as could be learned AZ mid
night. The damage TO property, however.
will reach af lests; slvo.0o
The STORM broke over the city about 6
o'clock and in two hours two and one-hall
inche- of rain hal fallen. The water poured
down the hill streets ia torrents. flooding
c..ilars and washing away foundations OF
hou-s- In the hill districts many house,
wcre rendered. unsafe and several were COM
pietely wncked.
81 Butchers Ran the sever became
clor,,rl up aud the water ogerfiowins Gllel
the HOUSES 10 the 'iepih OF several fect The
oocupans-. remembering the terrible scenes
Of JEly 1854. Became Eanic-stricken aud for
a time the widest excitement prevailed. No
one was injured. however, but u number Of
houses we've washed from their ioanda-
fions
Outside Of the city the small streams over
flowed their banks. doing great damage.
Telegraph wires arr down in all directions
and heavy washouts are reported ON the rail-
roads leading East and West from the city.
AT midnight the rain was still falling, with
indications Of il continuing all night,
The mercury touched aS0 this afternoon,
bat fell 25' before IL O'Clock tonight. Five
fatal cases OF sunstroke occurred during the
lar
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-07-27
NEW GOLD FIELD.
A Bonanza Found in Michigan,


The Mining .iosusai gives a history Of the
discovery on the Lake Superior Iron compa-
ny's lands, and states that last week, at a
depth Of 10 feet from the surface, blast
opened upa +" chimney or bunch Of quartz
wonderfully rich in free gold. Two more
holes were put into this rock and about a
bnshei Of it was taken out, all showing free
gold Specimens that the writer examined
are a. full of native gold rs the Calansut q
Heeia rock is of copper. and would yield
from S2s,0D0 to ssoeoo Of the precious met
al. This chimney is round in form and
from eight 10 ten inches in diameter. II has
been followed down some 3 feet, and Is as
rich at the bottom As Mt the point where il
was first encountered. The vein of quartz in
which il is carried was y feet wide at the
surface. II has widcned 4 feet at the depth
of rs feet, and has now width of from 3 to
% feet. II dips south at an angle of about
10 degrees, its trend being almost due east
and west. The rich rock described was first
found on the hanging wall, but is now
near the footwall. Work on the exploration
has been suspended temporarily, the men
being employed in guarding the find from
specimen seekers, the rock being 50 rich
that the company proposes to build a strong
storehouse in which TO stock it. A strong
fence has been put up around the shaft to
exclude the curious who have no business
on the inside. Samples of quartz have been
sent TO james 5. Fay, general manager of
the Lake Superior Iron Company, at Boston,
and he is expected on the ground this week,
when it is probable that something definite
regarding the future steps the company will
take TO develop the property will be diselos-
ed.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-07-27
me Fire Record.

Nrw YoaE. July si.-Ey 9 o'clcck this
morning iie great lire u The Standard oil
WORKS. ~ Constable Hook y. J. wa under
control. Two large warehouses. three i'm
mensc tanks. four big dock- and over loVp
barrl. Of oil wcrc Destroyed Al one time
i looked as if the office, several wanchouses
the dozen ~ more tanks in the neigisbor-
hos,d a large brick siorchogse the docks
along the river front ami the nanufacforie-,
of the Bayonne Chemical Works. the oxford
Copper and sulphur Company and the stand
ard Match Company and the large lumber
yard Of 4 W Booth & Brother would be
destroyed. The Standard people seeing their
danger telegraphed to their works at Green
Point for assistance. Five powerful tugs
were sent from that place and they arrived
at Constable Hook at half-past o'clok.
Though the firemen kept throwing power
ful streams upon il the tank, which was all
that separated the large frame warehouse, also
used as a cooperage, from the flames, also
caught fire and was soon blazing. For about
half an hour the firemen kept the destroying
element from crossing the dozen feet that
still intervened and they might have saved
the threatened building had not pipe at the
base of the tank burst and hurled the burn
ing fluid up against the structure and fired
IT, As it WAS stored with infiammable ma
terial it was speedily licked up by the flames
which then got beyond control and swept
down toward the river.
At the docks there had been a large
number of vessels These had. however.
been t0wei out into the stream. but none too
soon. First one pier took fire, then another
and another until the four large piers were
also in flames, casting lurid glare upon the
waters Of New York Bay. BY this time the
tugs had arrived and they fought the fire
from the water Each ofthem threw several
streams upon the burning piers and it was
only the efforts of the men on the tugs that
checked the spread of the flames and saved
factories and lumber yards along the water
front. On the land side the fire had also
been got under control and the office, store
house and neighboring tanks were saved
The standard people estimated theis loss at
about 100000. There was no insurance
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-07-27
Cyclone in Indiana.

WABASH July 20--A genuine hail cyclone
passed through the northern part Of the
county yesterday doing an immense amount
Of damage. The storm came from the west
through Maimi county and crossed the Lake
Erie and Western Railway al point be
tween Denver and Peru. Its path through
this comfy was from TWO TO three miles and
in that space no vegetation escaped.
The hail fall was phenomenal in every
way. The stones were of the size of hens
eggs and could be gathered by the hushel af-
ter the storm. A great number Of fine forest
trees were broken off and piled up in an in
terminable mass. Not a field Of grain escaped
destruction in the pathway Of the storm.
The corn was riddled and stripped OF the
ears and silk. Oats were thrashed ont and
the stalks driven into the earth. Apples,
melons, grapes and all small fruits and vege-
tables were cut to pieces and nothing can be
saved
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-07-27
Many Women in Peril.

CINCINNATI, July 20.-Brigts Swift's old
porkhouse ON the Northwest corner of Ninth
and Sycamore Streets, which was recently
remodeIed for manufacturing purposes, burn
ed this forenoon. involving loss of Sl50,0 600
The fire started in the ice cream freezer fac
tory of the Gooch Freezer Company, which
occupied the first and second stories of the
four-story structure Their place being filed
with dry lumber. the fire almost instantly
communicated to the whole building The
entire fire department force was called out,
and succeeded in saving adjoining buildings.
The ott occupants of the building were
Wrigley Brothers, manufacturers of paper
boxes and the White Star Laundry All
were completely burned out.
In the box factory there We're sixty five
and in the laundry thirty-fiye girls. Their
screams could be heard for squares and the
excitement attending their rescue was in
tense They were ali brought out in safety,
but many of them narrowly escaped 4 hcrri-
Bile death. Captain George Leist, of Engine
Company No s. was prostrated and was tax
en- home. His condition is serious.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-07-27

New YORK. July 2l.-In the suit Of the
American Bell Telephone Company and 9th
ers against the Globe Telephone Company
aad others, 10 restrain the infringement OF
the patent issued TO Alexander Graham Bell.
March :, 1876, which was argued in the
United States Circuit Court two months ago.
Judge Wallace to-day handed down deci-
siou in favor ofthe Bell Company.
In his opinion Judge Wallace says the
Massachusetts, Circuit Cour virtually decided
IN similar suit that Bell was the disooyerer
of the new arr of transmitting speech 10y
electricity and the claim should b. given the
broade>t Interpretation to secure tine inven-
tor not the abstract right Of sending sounds
by telegraph without regard to meaning, but
all means and processes described which are
essential to The application Of the principle.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-07-27
Married The Other Girl.

Louisville, KY. July 24.-William Brown
and Mary Sanders. rustic couple from Nell
son county. were married in Jacksonville
this morning The groom about thirty and
the bride sixteen. They had never been so
far from home before, and their marriage
happened in curious manner. Each had
intended to elopewith another person, and il
was an accident that caused their wedding.
The groom's brother Sam was the sweetheart
Of Mary Sanders, and her sister Sallie was
engaged to William. The parents Of the girls
objected TO the young men and the quartet
prepared 10 elope. Last Wednesday even
ing Mary and Sallie went over 10 neigh
bors, and little while later the young men
called for them in buggies To avoid sus-
picion the girls were exchanged. Mary going
with William and her sister with sam. and
in this fashion they star ted for the nearest
railroad station, which was twelve miles dis
tant Mr. Sanders was told Of their depart
ure by the neighbors. and, mounting horse
started in pursuit About two miles from
the station he overhaulcd them. and As they
refused 10 stop, seized the horse OF the rear
huggy, which contained Salle and Sam
Brown. The Others put the whip 10 their
horse and reached the station just as the
train pulled in. They then thought il not
worth while 10 turn back and decided 70 20
ahead and get married themselves. They
arrived in Louisville last night and this
morning went to Jacksonville and were
united. They told their story very frankly
and when Brown was asked if there would
not be trouble he remarked No. guess
not Both girls are nearly alike though ]
never went to see this one. I'll make ii all
right with Sam when | get home
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-07-27
John McNiernex.s Crime.

On Cry. July A-siorfly bcipne u
O'Clock lasi night John McNierncy. a laborer
beat his wifi. 10 death. fatally shot his son
John aged twenty-one, for interfering in be-
half of his mother. and then shot Officer
James who tried to arrest him. in the groin.
infiicting a fatal wound. Officers Warden
and Henderson then came to the assistance
of James, and soon brought the desperate
man down with shot through his back
Aiicr .iixlrmin.. him the osiir,.rs entered the
house where a sickening sgist met their
eyes.
Mrs. McNierney was found in one corner
OF the room. dead her face and head com
pietely smashed to jelly, the room bespat-
tered with blood ami brains, supposed to
have been inflicted with a shotgun stock
Physicians were speedily upon the spot. and
upon examination of officer james and
yoang McNieriey's wounds pronounced
them fatal. The wound of young McNier-
Hey IS not necessarily fatal. There was no
witness TO the affair except the son, who is
unable to speak McNierney Is -aid IA have
t'tt-ii tiiit. atAtt iRii As*
that canbe learned was abusing his vie when
the son went TO her assistance.
OIL Cry, July 2l.-The fanersil ofthe three
victims of the tragedy Of Tnessio~ night took
place to-day. The murdered mother and
son were buried from the Catholic church.
The procession that followed the remains to
the graves was the largest ever witnessed in
this city. The body of the murderer, Nc
Nearney, was consigned TO resting place in
the potter's field. the parish refusing 10 per-
init him to lie in consecrated ground. The
remains of the assassin were simply hustled
into cheap coffin, and without any previ-
Gus preparation whatever AT this morn
ing ii was taken quietly away and buried
without any religious ceremony of any kind.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-07-27
German Gifts for Coast Guards.

WASHINGTON. ID c., July l0.-The Sccre,a-
ry OF State has received through the German
Minister at Washington from the Emperor
OF Germany a check for sloU and two hand
some gold watches, the latter embellishel
with the likeness and monogram of the EN-
peror. with request that the money be
equally divided among the families Of the
five members of the liic-saving crew at Dam
Neck Mill Station. Va, who lost their lives
IN attempting to rescue the crew Of the Ger
man ship Elizabeth on the eighth of January
last. and that the watches be presented to
Frank Teslford and Joseph E. Etheridge, the
only survivors Of the life-saving crew. The
money and watches have been turned over
TO General Superintendent Kimball for dis
tribution.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-07-27
The Fish Commission Reports Its
Work and Pleads for Fish Protection

HARRIsBuRG, July 22.-The report Of the
State Commissioner Of Fisheries for the years
1883 Sc has just been issued. Since submit
ting their previous report the commissioners
feel that they have accomplished something
more than the mere expenditure Of money.
They have built hatchery at Erie in which
l8625.OO0 white fish were Matched last year.
being ~ per cent OF the l5o9o,O10 nf e=g-
obtained from the United States Matching
jan. These l4.6i5.cco fish were plaoed in
lake Erie during the latter part OF the monii,
If March iss6.
Hundreds of thousands of brook troui
rainbow or California mountain trlui. anI
salmon Trout have tssa tran-f,lauts-i to our
mountain sir,.ms and lake. fnr game isll.us.
Food iisl'cs. principally German earT, have
aiso bocn deposited IN iarsc num1er- iui0
pond. and ssnams. these lazi nanled i-..n.'
in re-pun-c o. a constant increasing demand
largely from car agricultural population.
The streams IS this -iaio an. believed ta hl
still oiIohie ofpnsluoing l-h enough o. i--i
the noarly 5oo0oe8 ~ our people If they
wcrr noi olstruciel i.r dame. pollliel by
contributions from aciores anl c.tie> ADD
rava-l out ~ -sas1n by f..,.i-h anil uu-.a.-
unins fisherman. Uha take eyerythine big o'
small, in tieir tral- and finely mashed nets
Nastcfaiiy destroying what they rauuoi -cc
d i- ior these nasuns. which arc ihe insult
uf an artificial stale ~ ssuiety. whorc the
poor grow POORER and the ,frasslc f1r ex-
istenoe hcoemes more intense. that fish ar,
always nee,issi TO assist the fish that an,
instinctivciy anxious to ascend 10 safe spawn
ine grounds.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-07-27
An Ohio Mystery.

CAMBRIDGE. O., July D.-Aboui II O'Clock
Monday night William Georye, Il young man
employed by i farmer named MeIees, went
10 the house of another farm hand named
James s Scott. an old man. and asked his
assistance in getting horse out of ditch
into which it had fallen. The men procur-
ed axes and started away. An hour later
George returned to McLees' and reported that
he had KILLED Scott in self-lefense This
morning the body was found lying in the IA
vine, the head smashed TO jelly and a
bloody axe lying near by. The mystery is
that no horse was in the ditch and no mo-
tive can be assigned for the crime. George
made no effort to escape and IS now under
arrest. Owing 10 the absence Of the Coroner
no one would touch the body, and it was al
lowed 10 lie on the ground till this afternoon.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-07-27
AGENTS WANTED
FOR THR
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BY REV DR.. LYMAN ABBOTT Editor oi TIE -
tim taiDA- He preached Beecher tuiti1s, -, y
moa- And hEv ) r. HALLIDAY, Ass.i'lai =. - T..
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preparation Of this book up 20 his deaih -. -.
Is AyTOBIOGElIHIcAL there are vcfy maAi 49, ~
esting narratives Of his evenifdl expcreA g -
are not in any other book. TIf. e ~ rgN "
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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-07-27
No More Human Roasts.

CHICAGO, July 2I.--Sir John Il. Thurston,
governor of the Feejee islands, is here The
governor is on his way to England to enjoy
q short season of rest. He says there are
about 15o Islands comprising his charge.
They were annexed to Great Britain ten
years ago. At Presen, the population of the
islands is about 10000 natives and 8 900 Eu-
ropeans. The present capital is At silva The
principal products Of the islands are coppra.
or cocoanuts, tea, and lately the English
planters have succeeded in raising good
quality Of coffee and cotton Owing To the
humanizing teachings OF his predecessor, Sir
Austin Gordon, cannibalism had become one
OF the lost arts. and to-day there were bu;
lew Of these man-esting creatures 20 be
foEnd on any of the islands some years
ago it was loand TO b. exceedingly difficult
TO induce ihc lazy aud canaiess Polyne>ian
natives 10 work on the plantations and the
government finally c,nciudei 90 send % the
islands the industrious coolies from India.
and at present fhere were about spJ Of
these lahoners. whe-e services wcre ie, by the
government; agents on specific contracts
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-07-27
A Web-Footed Family.

LEXINGTON. GA. July 2i-One of the most
remarkable freaks in nature is observed in
the Young Family, OF the Salem neighbor-
hood, this county Mr.. William Young.
who lives near Salem, 4 carpenter 10y tFa'le
was born with She middle and right fingers
Of his right hand together The joints are
perfect and he finds no inconvenience from
the peculiar formation OF his hand The re-
markable part is that his little baby was bora,
witt the same two fingers grown together
Mr.. Young has nine brothers who have nat
urai fingers. Neither his father nor bis fith-
er's brothers had any such freak Of nature,
yet their only sister has the identical fingers
grown together His grandfather had three
fingers on each hand and three toes Of each
foot grown together, and as far back a. he
can trace similar malformatiOns have appear
ed bui never in more than one person in
each fim-iv.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-07-27

sTKEAroR, H., July 2l.-At 30 this
morning the entire city was aroused BY a
most terrific explosion which was immedi-
ately followed by the ringing of the fire bells.
IN a few minutes il was learned that the
powder-house of the Chicago, Wilmington
* Vermillion Coal Company had been struck
by lightning and between 5000 and 1000
pounds % powder hal exploded. On arriv-
ingat the scene, terrible sight presented itself
Every dwewlling on The south and west side
Of the powder-house had been completely
shattered, and in most eases eutiagiy dcmol-
ished Not sestisc ~ the poTdeF-house re-
mains, while where it stop,l g. tn excavation
about GJ ieci long, o. widg 90 doep
RescuiHg parii- wen. asrmed and Che
search for Che dead aad injured began.
Strange as 10 may saein, o-i'y one fatality has
been reported. but lnrsc number are ser.-
ousiy injured. A ta,mp. Do was sIo,pns
in ear near the powder-house was probably
fitaliy injured The number of miner c.lsu-
allies viii r,s'ch nearly a lundr.i Thew
We're thirty dwellings almost totally dc-
molishel and thene is not a piafe-r'ass vim
dow len IN the bu-insa- part OF thc city.
The lpss will probably reach $1,000 o- si01.
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